to materialize
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5.8
- verb
- /məˈtɪriəˌlaɪz/
:
materializarse
- The plan to build a new school will finally materialize next year.
- never materialize
- fail to materialize
- yet to materialize
Obviously that didn't materialise but you are right.
- Obviously that didn't materialise but you are right.
- They, they think it's a downside risk that can materialize in the future.
- It means that what you sought before now started to materialize.
- It means that what you sought before now started to materialise.
- Bobby Kennedy, Jack's brother, materializes at her bedside.
- And it didn't, it never materialized.
- Apparition and disappearation, which is being able to materialise and dematerialise at will, by the way.
- And I I kind of wanted that and I was promised that and it never materialised.
- Carl Jenkins was the person who plotted the assassination on Varadero Beach that never materialized.
- But the promises never materialize and nothing was ever in writing and you can't get that year back.
Examples
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As we touched down, five transparent vessels materialized in front of the ship.
Fiction book (1991) -
Whereas the Greek decline occurred within five years, the Philippine case materialized over a prolonged period.
Academic text (1990) -
Another storm could materialize any second.
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Competition on price has yet to materialize since prices are not market-driven.
Academic text (2017) -
So we're really pleased about the way in which things have materialized for people who worked with us.
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Open your mind and your wildest dreams will materialize.
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Some even believe that the spirits make the masks and they materialize overnight.
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But then, a small, billowy white cloud with a dark center materialized overhead.
Academic text (2011) -
But before any plan could materialize, Antony returned in force and marched right across the pomerium.
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It could be, if this actually materializes, that one child in five could be an AIDS orphan.
Synonyms
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1.0
To take place, often by chance and without planning
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1.0
To happen in real life, especially a wish or dream
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9.9
To make an idea or feeling into something physical
Antonyms
How Real
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Morphology
Etymology
Materialize comes from material, from 'matter' meaning 'a thing you can touch', and the ending -ize meaning 'to make' or 'become'. So to materialize is to 'become matter' or become real, which is why we say plans or fears 'materialize' when they actually happen.